Thomas edwin ogflam



(No Model.)

T. BOGRAM. COVER FOR JARS.

No. 490,'7Z0. v PatentdJan. 31,1893.

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I UNITED STATES TEN'I FFICEQ cove-R F OR JARS...

.srncmcnnox forming part efLettere Patent to. 490,720, dated ay e1, ices.

Application new 81,1892. steam-127.14 (l'omodehl "Jil'oall whom it may concern.- a Be it known that I, TrioMAs EDWIN 09am, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washingtomin the District oiCclu'mbimhave 5 inventc certain new and useful Improvem'ents inOovers or Gaps for Jars, &c.; and I do declare the following to be afull,- clear, and exact description of. the inventiomsuch as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it apio Egrtains to make and use the same, referenceing' had to the accompanying drawings, and -to'the letters of reference marked-thereon, which form a part of this-specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in covers or caps, more especially for jars or pots such as used by druggists to hold poor other unctuous substances, and it has for its object to isolate or remove the label thereon fromcontact with the contents of so the jar or pet, both within the latter and in handling the same,.and yet permit the label to be readilyvisible so as to be easily read, and to these ends the invention consists in incasing the label in or upon the cover or cap and under a transparent or diaphanous material,

all substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is It broken perspective view, partly in section, 3e of my invention or incasemcnt as applied for use to a jar or tub of the character above retented-t0. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same showing the several parts, via, the cap, the transparent or glass disk, the label and a s litring, one means of securing thelabel'and fines disk in place in the cap, disassoeiated, at in their relative positions, and Fig. 3 is a modification of my invention or incasemcnt for the label and transparent materiahin this so instance super osed upon the cap or cover.

in the OlllllOi lment of my invention, I construct the cover or cap, A, preferably in an approximate ring-shape, differing from a ring, soielyas such, in having the upper edge rion the form ofa circular ange,a,a central opening, a, time being provided almost the entire diameter ot' the cap or cover to obtain a view commensurate with the space occu pied by the prevents the upward displacement o the transparent materiaias it, with the labehas ing the cap or cover terial;

presently seemis beingl secured in place.

The cap or ri'ngQA, which may be 0t metal or hard rubber', or other hard material, has the usual screw thread .or other connection with the jar or pet, "B, of that class more especially used by druggists for substances; a g

C isthe label, indicative, as its name implies, of the character of thecontents of the pomad es and thelike jar, in this instance, in'cased with a trans farenter diaphanous plate or'disk, D, oi? g ass or of celluloid or mica, or like material, in the inserted therein with cap or cover, A, bein or side previous to placthe disk from the on being first introduced; therefore, being upon the 'jar, the disk p'ermost, to protect the label from contact with h the hands, and yet permitting the label to be readily visible and so as to be easily read. 1

E is a split ring, either of spring metal or hard rubber, adapted to be sprung into the cover or cap, A, and, by its impingement against the under side of the label and the sides of the'cap or cover to properly secure the label in place.

In the modification as disclosed in r, Fig. 3, the incasement for the label andtransparent material is formed by throwing up'a continuous vertical flange, b, upon the up 1 surface or top of the cover or cap, A, t nsproducing a recess or seat thereabove to the label and transparent or dia hanous ma- The edge of the flange; is formed or provided withlugs, G, which may be turned down upon the disk after the latter and the label are placed in position so as to secure.

them.. The same end may also be eitected by indenting or punching the metal of thefiange below its upper edge and above the disk at proper intervals. 7

The cap, when the bent or indented fastenings tor the diskv and label are employed, is necessarily constructed of metal, but, as in the preferred form of the invention, as disclosed in the other figures of the drawings, the cap may be con: tructed of rubber or other substance in case corrosive materials are to be confined, in which event, also, asplitring of hard rubber can be employed to secure the disk and label.

While having shown my invention as applicableto druggists jersorpots, it is equal y' receive I cc applicable and useful for preserving or other are. i 1 Among other advantages of in? invention it may be mentioned that, as be ore stated,

. the label is protected from defaeement and may be readily removed and replaced by a: new or different label.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecnre by Letters Pateat is: 1. A eover or cap for a jar or like vessel having an o n top, a transparent or diaph'anous materia a label arranged below said transparent or diaphanons material, and a bottom or late arranged in said cover oreap, below said. bel, said'oover or cap containing said diaphanous .or transparent material, plate or bottom, and labeL'sabstantially as specified,

-2. A cover orcap for a jar or like vessel having an open top, atransparent or diaphanons no' material, a label arranged below said transparent or diaphanous material, a bottom or plate below said label, and a verticalflange above said plate or bottom, having lugs upon its upper edge adapted to be bent inwardly 25 upon said transparent or diaphanous material,

jsaid cover'or cap containing said diaphanons or transparent material, plate or bottom, and label, and forming said vertical flange with its lugs, substantially as s ifled. 30 In testimony whereo .Iafllxmy signaturein presence of two witnesses. r

. THOMAS EDVIN OGRAM. Witnesses:

Anson S. TAYLOR, WM. McKr CLAYTON. 

